Attachment for seed-planters.



N0. 643,0I9. Patented Feb. 6, I900. H. G. WALTON.

ATTACHMENT FOR SEED PLANTERS.

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NTTED STATES PATENT Three.

HERBERT G. WVALTON, OF BUTLER, MISSOURI.

ATTACHMENT FOR SEED-PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,019, dated February6, 1900.

Application filed February 18,1899- Serial No. 706,001. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT G. WALTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Butler, in the county of Bates and State of Mis souri, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Seed-Planters,of which the following is a specification.

It frequently happens in the spring, when the ground has been preparedfor planting, that before the planting can be completed rains will come,causing the operation to be suspended, and thereby delaying the time atwhichtheoperationmaybecompleted. Even when operations are resumed it isfrequently found that the unplanted portion will have become so tightlypacked that it is necessary to again work the same before the ground isin condition to receive the seed. This not only makes additional laborfor the farmer, but delays the completion of the planting for days andperhaps weeks. The ordinary runner or shoe now commonly employed uponplanters makes the cut or furrow so narrow that the wheels of theplanter will force weeds or grass back on top of the seed, and then ifrains come the Weeds or grass, having a start of the seed, practicallychoke the latter.

My invention is designed to overcome the difficulties above mentioned byproviding an attachment for the ordinary planter, to be used as asubstitute for the runner or shoe thereof, by means of which a widefurrow may be cut,which will do away with the necessity of reworking theland after rains and will prevent the wheels from forcing the weeds orgrass back on top of the seed.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will-be set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view with myattachment applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3is a bottom plan View of the plow attachment. Fig. 4 is a detail View ofone of the coverers. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly Fig. 6 is abottom plan view of pieces, forming parallel arms 3 3. The rear end ofsaid bar 1 extends downward and is provided with a tenon 4, adapted tobe received in a socket 5 in the ordinary shoe or runner 6. The saidtenon is adj ustably and removably secured to the drag-bar 1, the samebeing formed with a shank 7, provided with a series of perforations 8.The said shank fits between the two parallel members of the drag-bar land is held in place thereon by means of the pins 9, which extendthrough two of the perforations 8 and through corresponding openings inthe drag-bar 1. The forward end of said shoe extends upwardly and fitswithin the slot 2 in the drag-barl and is removably secured thereto bymeans of a clamp 10, which embraces the horizontal portion of the bar 1and is provided with ears 11, through which and the upper end of therunner 6 securing-bolts or other analogous devices may be passed. Thesaid runner is further secured to the lower rear end of the drag-bar 1by means of abracket 12 and bolts extending therethrough. To the forwardend of the drag-bar 1 may be adj ustably secured a rotary cutter orcolter 18. This is a great advantage when used upon sod, but may bedispensed with, if desired. The seed tube or conduit 14; leads from theordinary seedhopper and discharges at its lower end adjacent to the rearof the runner 6. The same is formed upon opposite sides with guide andsupporting loops 15 and 16, through which the clip 17 passes, which clipalso embraces the rear end of the drag-bar 1. Y The reduced ends of saidclip extend through a securingplate 18 and are locked thereto by meansof nuts or other equivalent devices. By the provision of two sets ofguide and supporting loops 15 and 16 the seed tube or conduit 14 may beadjusted up or down.

It will be observed that the shoe or runner 6, herein shown anddescribed and which is similar in construction to those now in use, willout such a narrow furrow that the supporting-wheels of the planter willforce back the loose weeds or grass on top of the seed. This objection Iovercome by removing the I shoe 6 in a manner readily understood fromthe foregoing description and substituting therefor a hollow doublemoldboard-plow 19, having a socket 20 for receiving the tenon 4 andotherwise secured to the drag-bar l in a manner similar to thatdescribed with reference to the shoe 6. The said plow is provided withadjustable coverers 21, which are pivoted to the sides thereof and areprovided with a series of openings 22 22, arranged at equal distancesfrom the pivotal points of said runners and adapted to receive asecuring-bolt 23, which extends through one of said openings and througha corresponding opening in the plow 19. The shoe or runner 6 may bereadily removed whenever desired and the plow 19 substituted therefor.lVhen the plow is in operative position, ,the seed-tube 14 is raised andheld in place by the clip 17 which extends through the lower pair ofguide-loops 16. In operation the plow will out a deep and wide furrow,which will extend beyond the sides of the planter-wheels, and thespace-between the furrows may be worked over after the ground has beenplanted. Furthermore, the plow will serve to thoroughly loosen up theground after rains and in this respect is a marked advantage over theordinary planter now in common use.

By the use of the adjustable and removable tenon 4 on the drag-bar 1 thesame can be readily replaced by a new onein case of breakage, and theheight of the plow 19 relative to the other parts of the machine may beregulated.

By having two or three sizes of plows or plow-shovels and employing thelarger of the series many stalk-fields that are clean and mellow inearly spring may be planted without ever breaking them, using theplanter as a lister. The corn can be planted between the old stalk-rows,and as many farmers advocate shallow cultivation a planter with a plowinstead of a shoe would serve their purposes and dispense with a greatdeal of unnecessary labor. It will be understood, however, that by myinvention I can use the planter either in its ordinary form or with aplow adapted to cut a wide furrow instead of the ordinary planter-shoe.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof the drag-bar with a seed-planter, means for attaching an ordinaryplow thereto, substantially as described.

2. A seed-planter having a drag-bar provided with means for theattachment thereto of an interchangeable runner and plow, substantiallyas described.

3. A seed-planter having a drag-bar constructed at its rear pendent endwith a tenon to receive a socket in an interchangeable runner and plow,and means for detachably securing the runner and plow to the tenon ofthe drag-bar, substantially as described.

4. A seed-planter having a drag-bar carrying at its rear end a removableand replaceable plow and constructed also to engage and hold a runner,substantially as described.

5. In a seed-planter, the combination with the drag-bar thereof, of aseed tube or conduit, and means for adjusting the position of said tubeor said bar.

6. In a seed-planter, the combination with the drag-bar thereof, of aseed tube or conduit provided with a plurality of guide and supportingloops, and a clip embracing said drag-bar and adapted to be insertedthrough one or the other of said loops, as and for the purposes setforth.

7. The combination with the drag-bar of a planter of a plow adapted tobe attached thereto, and means for adjusting the height of said plowthereon.

S. The combination with the drag-bar of a planter, of a plow having asocket therein, and an adjustable and removable tenon on said baradapted to be received in said socket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

HERBERT G. WALTON.

Witnesses:

JOHN S. FRANoIsco, 1-1. 0. CLARK.

